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[Gauntlet 5,000+ posts]

As in, you are trying to burn an image but your CD-ROM won't burn it? If so, Daemon Tools should work.

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[Gauntlet 5,000+ posts]

Ah, look for a program called Virtual Drive. I don't have the link off the top of my head.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

Alcohol120% is the good for this, try it.

Guide to using Alcohol 120%

Above is the main Alcohol 120% view. Get used to this, and where everything is.

Making Images

• Click “Images Making Wizard” in the “Menu” on the left hand side.
  
• Choose the CD drive you have the CD in you wish to make an image of, and the read speed. It is best if you choose “Maximum” for read speed, as this will make the image the quickest.
   
  
  
  
  
• Make sure “Skip Errors” is checked. The rest can be left unchecked, but this depends on if you have got copy protection on the disk. Click next.
  
• Choose an appropriate name for you image, and a place where you want the image to be created.
  Now choose the type of image format you want to make.
   
  
  
  
   
  NOTE:
  
• .ccd, .cue/.bin will be a lot bigger in size, because they are measured in volume.
  
• .iso will be smaller, and only be the same size as your cd.
  
• Now click “Start” to begin to make the image.
   
  Burning Images
  
• Click “Image Burning Wizard” form the menu on the right hand side of the main screan.
  
• Click browse to locate the image you want to burn. Click next.
  
• Choose the CD-RW drive you want to burn the image to.
  
• Choose the “Write” speed you want to burn the image at.
  The write method can be left alone. You should be looking at a screen similar to this below.
   
   
  
  
  
  
• Click “Start” to begin burning the image.
   
  Converting Images 1.0
   
  Converting images is one of the easiest thing you can do. In order to convert an image, you need to have a “Alcohol 120% Virtual CD-ROM Drive” if you already have one set up, you can skip this step, and go onto “Converting Images 1.1” To make a virtual drive, do the following.
  
• Click “Virtual Drive” form the options menu on the right hand side of the application.
  
• Where it says “No Of Drives” put a number you want in here, 1 drive is more than enough. You can leave the rest as it is. Click OK.
  You will see a little window like the following
   
  
  
  
  
• Now the drive is made.
   
  Converting Images 1.1
   
  Now the Virtual Drive is made, you have to mount the image you want to convert onto it. This is done by following there next steps.
  
• Open up “My Computer”
  
• Right click on your new CD-ROM drive.
  
• Go onto “Mount Image”
   
  
  
  
   
   
  …and locate the image you want to convert.
   
   
  Converting Images 1.2
   
  Now the image is mounted, you need to,
  
• Open Alcohol 120% and click on “Image Making Wizard”
  
• Choose the “Virtual Drive”
  …and follow the steps in “Making Images” above. When it asks you what “Image Format” you want to make, choose the type you want to convert to.
   
  -------EXTRA-------
   
   
   
  If you are having problems with an image. You can use the following tools to try and fix them
  
  CDmage
  
• UltraISO
  
• ISO Buster
  
• WinISO
  

………….Anyone got any more good tools for fixing/editing images, please post them

Extracting .0001 .part001

If you have a load of files all about the same size, they are most probably in winRAR format. If you haven’t got winRAR installed, then you have to download and install it form here, http://www.rarlab.com you will need a crack, as you wont be able to extract more than 100mb with the “trial” version. To extract the image out of the files, do the following.

[*]Right click on one the 1st part (.001 …etc)

[*]WinRAR will open.

[*]Choose a place to extract the files inside.

[*]WinRAR will extract each part, and put it all back together, for you into the folder you choose.

[*]Now the files are extracted, mount/burn or what ever fits your needs.



Tip's

Always mount an image, as by doing this you can make sure,

• It works.
  
• Its real.
  
• It’s full.
  
• Not corrupt files.
  
• If it’s really what you want.
  
• Saves mucking up a CD.
  

Virtual CD v5.0 is more User Friendly and complitable.

http://www.virtualcd-online.de/vcd/.../spack.cfm?lg=0

 

[sumone 10+ year member]

imagedrive by nero. don't know if you can get it separately - just know you grab the 20meg exe off nero.com and pop in a serial from serials2k

 

[cyberbob25 10+ year member]

alcohol 120% is definitely the best choice though, as it also allows you to get around most games copyright protection (such as securom) that would otherwise make your image unusable.